Striker Daniel Rios opened the scoring in the 4th minute, giving way to Chivas’ partial victory over the Universitarios at the Olímpico Universitario stadium.
Having won the day before, the home side will be looking for another win that will leave them well positioned in the table, while the visiting side have just drawn their last game and will be looking to win.
Pumas UNAM received a heavy blow and fell 1-3 to rivals Necaxa. In the last games of the tournament, they had 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. He conceded 10 goals and scored 9 in favor.
Chivas arrives triumphant after watching Tijuana fall 2-1. With mixed results, they finished the previous days: they won 1, drew 2 and lost 1. They were able to celebrate 7 goals and their rivals were able to win their goal 6 times.
The local occupies the eleventh place with 8 points (2 PG – 2 EP – 3 PP), while the visitor has 12 points and occupies the fifth place of the table (3 PG – 3 EP – 1 PP).
The judge selected for the match at the Olímpico Universitario stadium was Marco Ortiz Nava.
Formation of Pumas UNAM today
The team led by Rafael Puente started their game in a 4-5-1 formation with Sebastián Sosa in goal; Pablo Monroy, Arturo Ortíz, Nicolás Freire and Adrián Aldrete in defence; Higor Meritão, Jesús Molina, Diogo de Oliveira, Gustavo Del Prete and Eduardo Salvio in the middle; and Juan Dinenno in front.
Formation of Chivas today
For their part, those led by Veljko Paunovic stand on the ground with a 4-3-3 strategy with Miguel Jiménez under the three sticks; Alan Mozo, Gilberto Sepúlveda, Jesús Orozco, Cristian Calderón in defence; Roberto Alvarado, Fernando Rubén González and Víctor Guzmán in midfield; and Ronaldo Cisneros, Daniel Rios and Carlos Cisneros up front.
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